“Free Wi-Fi would reduce the administrative burden on doctors, nurses and care staff, currently estimated to take up to 70% of a junior doctor’s day, freeing up more time to be spent with patients and enable safer working practices such as e-prescribing known to reduce medication errors by 50%.”

NHS England

Luminosity

‘Creating an NHS fit for the 21st Century.’ This was the mandate set out by the Health Secretary in 2015 following a joint review with Martha Lane Fox. The report detailed four major recommendations including the ‘provision of WiFi for patients across all providers of health and social care,’ which has been recommended and supported by NHS England and the National Information Board.

“Digital health tools can dramatically improve people’s lives and wellbeing. These bold challenges to the system to ensure that every person in the UK benefits are very welcome, and will galvanise work already underway to put power in the hands of patients, enabling them to take control of their care and improve their health.”Tim Kelsey, NIB & NHS England Director of Patient Information.

Since this announcement the NHS has published the General Practice Forward View and provided further supporting information in the NHS WiFi Programme.

As part of a research team tasked with exploring the most effective delivery routes for GP WiFi, Block Health has drawn from its knowledge, insight and experience as one of the leading providers of NHS WiFi to architect a reliable, secure and easy-to-deploy solution – Luminosity.

Operated from one single, cost-effective network, access to the following services can be provided:

Guest Network – Operational across geo locations, providing authentication and access from any other NHS building preventing multiple log-on requirements.

Public Access – Providing access to patients and the public with content filtering, security and secure access prevention from confidential data.

With data providing so many new and evolving opportunities to engage with users, Luminosity’s analytics dashboard provides a unique opportunity to gather and leverage insights. Items such as the Friends and Family test can be automated and delivered digitally, frequent visitors can be identified and average waiting times in reception can also be monitored.

If you’ve applied for funding to wirelessly enable GP practises and would like some assistance in developing your business case, we’d be interested in helping to develop your strategy. You can learn more about our complimentary Wireless Scoping Workshop, by completing the short form.